@article{Doiron2017b,
title = {Residential Air Pollution and Associations with Wheeze and Shortness of Breath in Adults: A Combined Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data from Two Large European Cohorts},
author = {Dany Doiron and Kees de Hoogh and Nicole Probst-Hensch and Stéphane Mbatchou and Marloes Eeftens and Yutong Cai and Christian Schindler and Isabel Fortier and Susan Hodgson and Amadou Gaye and Ronald Stolk and Anna Hansell},
url = {https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp1353/},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-09-01},
journal = {Environmental health perspectives},
abstract = {Research examining associations between air pollution exposure and respiratory symptoms in adults has generally been inconclusive. This may be related in part to sample size issues, which also preclude analysis in potentially vulnerable subgroups.

Objectives:
We estimated associations between air pollution exposures and the prevalence of wheeze and shortness of breath using harmonized baseline data from two very large European cohorts, Lifelines (2006–2013) and UK Biobank (2006–2010). Our aim was also to determine whether the relationship between air pollution and respiratory symptom prevalence differed between individuals with different characteristics.

Conclusion:
Exposure to PM and NO2 air pollution was associated with the prevalence of wheeze and shortness of breath in this large study, with stronger associations between PM2.5 and both outcomes among lower- versus higher-income participants. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1353},
keywords = {9946, pollution, shortness of breath},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

Research examining associations between air pollution exposure and respiratory symptoms in adults has generally been inconclusive. This may be related in part to sample size issues, which also preclude analysis in potentially vulnerable subgroups.

Objectives:
We estimated associations between air pollution exposures and the prevalence of wheeze and shortness of breath using harmonized baseline data from two very large European cohorts, Lifelines (2006–2013) and UK Biobank (2006–2010). Our aim was also to determine whether the relationship between air pollution and respiratory symptom prevalence differed between individuals with different characteristics.

Conclusion:
Exposure to PM and NO2 air pollution was associated with the prevalence of wheeze and shortness of breath in this large study, with stronger associations between PM2.5 and both outcomes among lower- versus higher-income participants. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1353